The Cranes are Flying (1957)
| Release Date | 12 October 1957 |
| Genre | Drama, Romance, War |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Melodrama, Romantic Drama, Psychological Drama |
| Themes | Death of a Partner, Starting Over |
| Tones | Intimate, Heartwarming, Lyrical, Sentimental |
| Tags | Death, Draft Dodger, Factory Worker, Grief, Husband, Love, Romance, Seduction, Soldier, War |
The Cranes Are Flying (Russian: , translit. Letyat zhuravli) is a Soviet film about World War II. It depicts the cruelty of war and the damage suffered to the Soviet psyche as a result of World War II (known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War). It was directed at Mosfilm by the Georgian-born Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov in 1957 and stars Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova. It won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the second of two Soviet films to win the award. However, The Cranes is technically the only Russian film to win the Palme d'Or. The Turning Point (1946), was awarded the Grand Prix (along with other ten films) which was, though, equivalent of the Palme d'Or.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Aleksandr Shvorin
Mark
Svetlana Kharitonova
Irina
Konstantin Nikitin
Volodya
Valentin Zubkov
Stepan
Antonina Bogdanova
Grandmother
Boris Kokovkin
Tyernov
Yekaterina Kupriyanova
Anna Mikhajlovna
Klarina Frolova
Leonid Knyazev
Aleksandr Popov
Nikolai Smorchkov
Adrián Viador
Mark
Director
Mikhail Kalatozov
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Producer
Viktor Rozov
play, screenplay
Mikhail Kalatozov
producer
Original Music
Moisey Vaynberg
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Cinematographer
Sergei Urusevsky
Editor
Mariya Timofeyeva
Production Designer
Yevgeni Svidetelev
Costume Designer
Leonid Naumov
Makeup Department
O. Strunzovoy
makeup artist
Production Manager
Igor Vakar
production manager
Sound Department
Kevin Adickes
sound effects editor
Camera and Electrical Department
Nikolai Olonovsky
camera operator
Music Department
Arnold Roitman
conductor
Other Crew
B. Fridmann
location manager
Production Company
Ministerstvo Kinematografii
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Distributor
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Continental Home Vídeo
Criterion Collection, The
Divisa Home Video
Empresa Hispanoamericana de Video (EHV)
Globo Vídeo
Home Vision Entertainment (HVE)
Moskwood Media
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Sovexportfilm
Tellus Film
Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
Miscellaneous
Kinostudiya "Mosfilm"
production unit
Related Lists
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Films directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
Salt for Svanetia (1930)
The Cranes are Flying
The Red Tent (1969)
Vikhri vrazhdebnye (1953)
Wings of Victory (1941)
Palme d'Or winning films – 1939–1959
Black Orpheus (1959)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Gate of Hell (1953)
La symphonie pastorale (1946)
Marty (1955)
Miracle in Milan (1951)
Miss Julie (1951)
Neecha Nagar (1946)
Othello (1952)
Red Meadows (1945)
Roma, città aperta (1945)
The Cranes are Flying
The Last Chance (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Third Man (1949)
The Turning Point (1945)
Torment (1944)
Union Pacific (1939)
